Two electrocuted as rain lashes Hyderabad

Two youths mislaid their lives aft being electrocuted successful Bandlaguda pursuing dense rains that lashed parts of the metropolis connected Tuesday evening.

The deceased were identified arsenic Md. Zafar, 15, and Md. Afroz, 30, some residents of Chandrayangutta.

Bandlaguda Inspector R. Devender said the incidental was reported astir 6 p.m. erstwhile the 2 arrived successful an auto-rickshaw and stepped retired adjacent a edifice successful the locality to person tea. At the time, abrupt rainfall accompanied by beardown winds led to electrical wires falling from a rod onto the road.

After getting down from the vehicle, Afroz accidentally stepped connected a unrecorded ligament and suffered a terrible electrical shock. In an effort to rescue him, Zafar besides came into interaction with the unrecorded ligament and was electrocuted.

The bodies were shifted for post-mortem examination. A lawsuit has been registered, and further probe is nether way.